Sermons at St. Andrew’s
December 21, 2025 | The Rev. Andrew Van Kirk
Emmanuel: God-With-Us and
Us-With-God
God is not Alenuel (God-Against-Us), Tachteynuel (God-Under-Us), or "Menuel" (God-Away-From-Us), but Emmanuel (God-With-Us), with us in Christ through every aspect of existence from birth to death. Because He is fully "God-With-Us," He secures our eternal hope and identity as "Us-With-God."
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Opinions Made of Dust
As long as our concerns about what other people think are shaping our religious practice, we’re hosed.
The Path of Suffering
Let us commit ourselves again to discipleship, with all of its costs, and holy lives worthy of Jesus Christ, the one who chooses the path of suffering for us.
The Highest of Expectation
When we strive toward perfection with Jesus forever in our sight, the impossible becomes possible.
Called Forth From the Field
It’s not about what we’ve done. It’s about who we are becoming.
Let the Word of God Go First
Sharing our faith is not made easier by thinking we have to do it in our own words. God’s given us a whole book of good words to use.
No Interchangeable Parts
In heaven everyone will love the other as himself and thus enjoy the other’s happiness as much as his own. In this way, everyone will possess the happiness of everyone else, and each individual the totality of happiness.